#396: Teen Girl “Gossips and Jokes” To Cops After Beating A Young Mom to Death

0:03What would be considered a normal reaction to have when detectives come to your door and they tell you the other woman that your fiance has been seeing she's dead it's nighttime the hallway of the apartment complex is not well lit it's pretty dark but the two homicide detectives they don't have time to waste they knock on the door to daniel's apartment until it swings open and instead of daniel standing there they see two women one of them is definitely older she's 27 her name is antoneta she clearly seems like she's the one in charge when she opens this door the other girl Janine she's 17 and she has this energy that's that's similar to those side girl in the movies that one follower of the mean girl who just follows the main character mean girl around smirking in the background while she's bullying other people that is the 17 year old Janine's aura Antonetta leans up against the doorframe Janine the side character is like behind her leaning up against the wall her hip is popped out on one side hey i'm detective carter with the county police are you antonetta yes hi we know that there was an incident that happened earlier yeah has anyone called you about it since no was somebody supposed to well we just got another call about it so i guess the girl the woman her fiance was seeing went to the hospital okay and she died she died both of them are quiet for like a moment janine the little follower girl her hand is still propped up against the wall she's not even faced she doesn't even change her position she has a reaction of someone telling her that a random person on the other side of the world is dead actually less reaction than that the officers continue she's dead and we know that there was an altercation that happened before yeah and that was mutual she came here yet we understand that yeah I mean I wasn't gonna kill anybody I'm not that person I get it I get it yeah I get it but because of that we have to kind of talk to you guys and get a bit more of a formal statement sure okay um wow I'm so sorry about that that was not my intention um I've just been mentally going through a lot I have bipolar depression and I'm just going through a lot right now and you know I came up here from up north with my fiance I came here with my fiance to start a new life buy a house everything like that and I just never expected him to basically cheat on me with someone at the workplace, you know what I'm saying?

2:48It was not the reaction most people were expecting when Antonetta is told that her fiance's love interest is dead, especially when she's the one responsible.

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3:56One person said that they held a mock funeral for their relationship to mourn the death of their marriage They went and they buried all of their photos together They held eulogies with all of their friends for what the relationship was like in their lives and then they walked away to grieve. Another person said they just immediately started throwing everything out of the house. That was the only appropriate response she felt in that moment. She just wanted to get rid of everything that had to do with him. Gone, go away. There needed to be a new space that was untainted by their whole relationship.

4:29Antonetta, on the other hand, had quite a unique reaction, I guess you could say. Antonetta and Daniel had been together for the past five years. They have a child together and for the past five years, ever since she became a mom to his baby, this is her main priority. All she does when she wakes up till the moment that she hits the bed and goes to sleep is think about her two babies. So she has one with Daniel and another one from a previous relationship. She doesn't have time for her friends anymore. She doesn't have time for her family. She has nobody but Daniel and their kids and maybe Daniel's little sister, Janine.

5:04That's it. Antonetta feels like she's gotten even more isolated because they moved all the way from Buffalo, New York, down to Georgia to start this new life. And one day she's cooking, cleaning, working from home, taking care of the kids when Daniel's little 17-year-old sister, Janine, turns to her and says, oh, and I forgot to tell you, Daniel is cheating on you. This just confirmed what Antonetta has been feeling since they moved to Georgia. She knew it. She could feel it in her intuition and this is gonna make her lose her mind. She says, I work from home. I'm in this house 24 seven. I cook, clean and work.

5:43That's all I do all day long. It's probably why I lost my mind. What do you mean he's cheating on me? She has no family's house to stay at. She just has Daniel. That's it. And he's over there cheating with the manager of his workplace. She says, I put all my eggs in one basket just for this to happen. I don't know. I don't know what Antonetta was expecting when she confronts Daniel. Maybe she thought that he was gonna grab her leg and beg her to stay promise. He'll never do it again But instead he says the love interest has been gone antoneta. Okay, it's gone and it's not the other girl's fault Our problems are deep.

6:20Okay, we got a kid and everything so like I have a kid with you I'm gonna respect you regardless. This is his quote But if i'm not with you then I don't have to like I don't have to do that part anymore The romantic part i'm just gonna take care of my kid and if you need help, I will help you oh like he's trying to break up yes wow daniel explains his side of the story he feels like he's not even cheating on antoneta he thought the feeling was pretty mutual it was understood by both parties that they're not getting along that they're just together right now physically for the kids he says this is like crazy to me like it's not like this fresh like i'm over here cheating on this woman i'm not this has been a toxic environment and she's just been trying to figure out what to do i've been trying to figure out what to do but she doesn't want nobody to leave and i'm telling her like i'll leave i'll live in my car i will do whatever but it's just like i've been through this before and tonetta used me abused me mentally and i was in the wrong because i'm a man like i'm not i'm not gonna do that again i refuse this is not happening what part of georgia are they buford georgia oh and tonetta feels betrayed she just found out that daniel cheated on her with someone from work named Ashley and she feels devastated.

7:36Daniel, on the other hand, feels like it's not cheating because their relationship hasn't been good for a very long time and that they should both just move on. Daniel's like, I thought that was the plan, but that is not what ends up happening because within 48 hours, Ashley, the woman from Daniel's workplace will end up dead. There's a saying that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. the last ones to be seen with Ashley the quote-unquote other woman were Antonetta and Janine so naturally they're brought into the police station to be questioned because how did Ashley go from being completely fine in the morning meeting up with the two of them outside of Daniel's apartment and then being immediately hospitalized the two girls 27 year old Antonetta Daniel's fiance and the mother of his child and 17 year old Janine Daniel's little sister and Antoinette's sister-in-law are sitting in separate police interrogation rooms and Antoinette tells the police officers I haven't slept since last night like I've just had a really long day and night and I understand this is all voluntary so I kind of like wanted to know you know or if I could just like is it gonna be much longer can I come back or something the officer tells her no you we need you to stay as in I have to stay okay I think this is when Antonetta starts realizing how serious this is because immediately after she has read her rights she states well I do want to speak with a lawyer just because of how sensitive this situation is I will say that you know I don't go out looking to harm anybody that's not my intention I do feel you know very remorseful about anything that's happened with that young lady.

9:18And I will also say that, you know, it wasn't even my intention to get into an altercation with her today. She came over to my place of residence looking for my fiance. We argued, I was hit, we fought. I feel really bad, but you know, I really, I don't know. I'm just, you know, it's just too much. It's just, I have kids. I don't know how I feel, man. I'm just going through too much. So she asked for attorney and then she went on to share all of this. without the attorney. Yes. She does not reveal or answer many other questions though after that. In terms of what a criminal defense attorney would want to see in a client, she's not bad.

9:55She's not the worst. She doesn't respond to anything. This is pretty much it. But as always, the group is only as strong as its weakest link. In the next room over, 17-year-old Janine has read her rights. And then she's asked about what happened that day. As she's being read her Miranda writes, she looks very serious. Her energy is similar to that of Antonetta's. Like she's comprehending the seriousness, the gravity of this situation. And then she's asked, so tell us what happened. That's when she cracks a smile, flips her hair and starts using her hands to narrate this whole story. So like, let me start where I lead it.

10:33Okay. So like, since I've been down here, they haven't been on good terms. My brother and his girlfriend Antonetta. So, you know, arguments back to back so like we just came back from florida like not too long ago for her mom's wedding and we left on bad terms with everybody because my brother got into like a you know incident with her stepdad so ever since that happened we left florida and it's just been rocky rockier it's just been worse arguments and shit oh sorry i just cursed what she keeps covering her mouth like she's laughing like you know when you do the index finger to the mouth to cover your mouth because you're giggling about something so hilarious.

11:10She's flipping her hair, using her hand to narrate. I will be honest, she sounds very normal. And that's the alarming part because she's in an interrogation room, but she sounds like every other normal person giving a little story time on TikTok. No, you're fine. Go ahead. The way she tells it again, story time on TikTok. So my brother, him being a man, cheats like always, you know, he's feeling less than, So then he thinks it's okay to cheat. So, you know, he tells me. So he tells me who he's cheating with and stuff. Now, me and my stepsister, I mean, not my stepsister, my sister-in-law were very close.

11:48Like so close. You don't understand. Like she's more of a sister to me than my brother is a brother to me, you know? So we're like very close. So once he told me, I was like, I just got to tell her. She's giggling and stuff. The whole time she's laughing and giggling. She's flipping her hair. She's like, hee hee hee hee. The police keep egging her on. Yeah, of course. It's girl code. Literally, the detective is playing into this. So then she puts her hand on the table and she keeps covering her mouth. Right? And especially because right after he told me what he was doing, he told me he wanted to do it with her.

12:26So I was just like, I'm about to tell her. So she won't do it with him. So I let a few days go by because I wasn't sure. I just didn't want to stir the pot because I already know that they had problems. So I'm like, maybe it'll come to light before I have to say anything. Obviously it did, but I still told her. So two days prior before this day, yeah, two days prior before this day, we were just chilling and she was working and Daniel did something to make her upset. So we were talking or whatever and just like, oh, I forgot to tell you. No, I didn't forget. But that's like, so I was like, I tell her what happened, explained and he cheated or whatever.

13:02And she's like, Oh really? She looked upset or whatever. And I was like, don't tell him that I told you because he's going to get mad at me. So after that, he explained how the girl looked to me though. And you know, curly hair, Puerto Rican, skinny girl. So I was like, all right, explained it to Antonetta. So again, the way she's talking is so normal. I feel like this is how I would talk. Maybe not in this setting, in this context, but if I was just talking to a girlfriend about something unserious something that happened at the grocery store that resulted in no negative consequences i accidentally bumped into my sister with my cart and we got into a little argument yeah she uses her finger to emphasize words as well the next day we went to the store last night we went to the store last night to quick trip quick trip is like right there you know does she not understand that she's being interrogated for murder or what's going on no she does not understand clearly yeah i'm not sure why but she doesn't understand but i think beyond that it's fascinating because i do see a lot of comments on her very now since gone viral interrogation clips of people saying hey i'm 17 and if i'm even near the vicinity of a police officer i'm not talking like my regular gen z self like i am suddenly very professional no sir yes sir yeah yeah no thank you especially someone died so even if she doesn't think that she's responsible still like yes that's a very weird demeanor right it's very strange it's truly just a story time on tiktok so then she explains with her finger okay so after that he explained how the girl looked to me though and you know curly hair puerto rican skinny girl so i was like all right explained to Antonetta.

14:50The next day we went to the store last night. We went to the store last night to Quick Trip. Quick Trip is like right there. You know, Quick Trip is like a gas station, by the way. Side note. So we walked to the Quick Trip and as we were walking, both of them are walking together from Quick Trip. So they're just now leaving and we're just now coming. So Antonetta is like, is that Daniel walking by? So now she runs to him and is like, who is this? so he's like oh it's my co-worker or whatever mind you before we walked a quick trip we asked him when you go on your break can you take me to the store he said he couldn't leave on his break so when we saw them walking it was like you just said you couldn't leave on your break but now you're walking with her to the store so she's upset now I mean you couldn't you wouldn't take me to the store and now you're walking with the girl she just explained to how she looked and she fit the description of the other woman.

15:44So, you know, she's upset. They go arguing outside. So we finally got her to calm down. We went to the car and then, oh, and then when that happened, she, the other girl, Ashley was like, oh, basically trying to argue with Antonetta because you know how, how upset her attitude was. So, you know, she didn't want to seem like a little softy in front of my brother. So, you know, arguing. And then she walked away. I went to her and I was just like, listen, the problem I explained to her the problem because I guess she was just I don't know if she was his manager or her his co-worker I don't know but I explained to her the problem or whatever and let her know like it's my brother and you're basically you fit the description of the girl that he was cheating on her with so yeah that's why it's a problem now and she's like oh what did that guy do to me acting like she wasn't fucking my brother but we know we know so after that he went home they weren't very good they didn't go to sleep until like a good 10 a.m in the morning so after that she's kicking Daniel or whatever she doesn't want to live with him anymore she's kicking him out either he's gonna leave or she's gonna leave and you know she's gonna leave with the kids and everything so it just makes sense if he just left so he's getting kicked out or whatever and then I guess I guess she was coming to see him Ashley was coming to see him he was getting kicked out I don't know I wasn't in those messages I'm not sure what was you know that was but I guess she was coming to see him because he was getting kicked out and Tanetta saw those messages and the way Janine leans over she's like leaning on the arm of her chair now and she looks like she's giving the officers the energy of now get this but you know when you tell a story and you move your body to kind of narrate and you lean in closer so that the audience gets the attention a little bit more like hold on it's about to get crazy you're adding in these little cues like you have something so juicy to tell your friends that's the energy she's giving she continues so she decides like yeah now she's about to come see you now i'm about to go beat her up because you just saved me the other day you know that's how it was so she's coming so antinetta and me we go and she comes to the house you know big fight big fight wait so the boyfriend's getting kicked out yes janine's version of the story is that her brother daniel is getting kicked out of the house and i guess he was texting ashley his manager that he is also in a romantic relationship with that he's getting kicked out and she said i'm gonna come pick you up i'm gonna come see you so she's on the way to daniel's apartment and antinetta and janine read those messages and decide you know what let's beat her up okay yes and big fight janina is smiling while she's making her eyes big to emphasize just how serious this big fight is.

18:35But at the same time, she's relaxed and smiling as if, again, she's just sharing a wild little TikTok story time. And she continues to recount all the things that they did to Ashley with this very nonchalant smile on her face. She smiles and she tells the detectives in the room, I never, I never, out of all the fights I've been in, I never saw somebody talk shit during a fight. Like, why are you going to be up and talking shit i never never met somebody that did that she was just like you know shit talking oh and your n-word doesn't want you that's why he's in love with me and just shit like that and then like it was just such a weird fight she just kept on talking shit she was like aren't you his sister and just kept laughing and all types of shit it was just weird she's just a weird person so she Ashley came over to pick him up yes when was the fight happening outside they met her downstairs Ashley was walking to pick up Daniel and where's Daniel inside sleeping oh it's gonna get crazy because none of this is all happening while Daniel is sleeping yes because he was not actually getting kicked out oh yeah it's all gonna make sense in a second this is Janine's version of the story to the police and the police are already putting together this doesn't make sense with what we've discovered so this is not the most accurate version of events this is janine's version of events their detectives are laughing with her they're joking around with her i mean detective carter really nailed this one in the interrogation i don't even know how to explain it the way that she is instantly so buddy buddy with janine the way that she built rapport is probably one of the more impressive ones I've seen so far.

20:18And so she's joking around with her, even when she explains how they took Ashley's phone. So Janina's like, during the fight, we took Ashley, the other woman's phone, because Ashley has a husband. So we were going to tell the husband that she's cheating on her husband with Daniel, who's cheating on Antonetta. And it's all funny for the detectives. The detectives are laughing with her like it's the funniest thing in the world until it's not. so we're going to have to book you into jail. Your charge is going to be aggravated battery, all right, for the fight. So basically just a little more serious than just a regular battery.

20:56So what's up with Antonetta? Same thing. So you're clear on your charges, Janine. So it's robbery. Janine's mouth drops open. Robbery? What robbery? Robbery? We didn't steal her phone. Oh, so you just took it. You didn't steal it? Yeah, and she got it back though. I told you she wasn't leaving unless she got her phone back. We just did it so we could call her husband, but then we changed our minds and she got her phone back. So she said it was okay for you to take it? No. Yeah, okay, that's robbery. Oh. So she's like, no, she didn't say it was okay to take it. And once the police tell her, yeah, okay, that's robbery, she covers her mouth and starts laughing.

21:41Like, oh, literally. The other charge is going to be murder. Murder. You're charged with murder. She's pointing at herself. Me? That's too bad. That's fucking insane. What? And she starts wagging her finger in the air. No, no, no, no, no, no. Murder? Murder? I barely laid hands on her. That's her realization? yeah that's her realization and she keeps trying to argue that it wasn't murder but the whole time she's like half laughing later when they take pictures of her she's posing she's not drunk by the way a lot of people have compared her to stephanie malgoza the drunk driver that killed the couple that we covered recently but she's not drunk she's not under any influence no wow it's just the most bizarre interrogation and the way that she's sitting there she keeps talking to herself after they leave the room.

22:47So they tell her charges, they leave the room and she just keeps going me. And she's thinking, sometimes I see that she looks stressed because we got the original full interrogation clip from the police. Sometimes it looks like she is about to feel how serious this situation is, but then she'll start talking to herself again, like me in jail no what yeah how long was she in there for like an hour two hours the whole interrogation i want to say the actual when she's talking to the detectives was maybe like 30 45 minutes she's in there for a good two hours there is about 30 minutes in the beginning before she even talks to the detectives where she's just singing she's singing in the interrogation room she's singing like no like full-on hotline bling by drake what she's using finger guns and everything i think that's why a lot of people think that she is reminiscent of stephanie malgoza yeah okay so singing 30 minutes of singing the police came in story time story time and then told her that she is gonna be charged for murder then she's left alone for about another 20 minutes where she's just kind of talking to herself and at certain points it seems like she's getting serious but then she'll start yapping to herself again about like me in jail no no no no no no and then she'll put her head in her hands and then they come back in to take pictures of her to take pictures of if she has any injuries or cuts scratches bruising because there was an altercation previously and she starts kind of posing and giggling and then she's like okay let me be serious let me be serious no freaking yeah even when they're handcuffing her she's like making jokes like what just talking about how her bracelets were handcrafted in africa and then she has to give them up and then she's like oh like oh my gosh this tight

24:52so she gets charged or she finds out that she's getting charged with murder and she says, no, no, no, no, no, murder. I barely laid hands on her.

25:13After Antonetta and Janine's fight that Janine just told the detectives all about, Ashley died in the hospital from her injuries. And so yes, now both of them are getting charged with murder. So just before Antonetta and Janine are brought into the police station, four people in Ashley's life are reacting to the news of Ashley's death. And they're all vastly different reactions. Daniel is standing in the hallway of that apartment after Antonetta and Janine are taken to the police station. He's in the hallway with two detectives. He's showing them his phone, showing them all the text messages Antonetta sent to Ashley.

25:53he's saying Antoinette took my phone while I was asleep and lied about me getting kicked out to lure Ashley to the apartment to beat her up he tries to explain to the detectives that he was checking in with Ashley but she clearly does not want to talk to him so after the fight he keeps texting her like are you okay are you okay I need to see you and she just seems over him he just wants to know. He's reassuring the detectives. Is she hurt? Like real bad? So honestly, I'm not going to make a show. I'm just going to, I'm not going to go and yell. I'm not going to call her. I just want to know, is she okay?

26:33We got a call from the hospital a little while ago and she actually passed away. I will say Daniel's reaction is very difficult to witness. he immediately steps down the stairs, walks straight up to the male detective that just told him the news, almost like he's about to start a fight. But he's begging. No, stop playing with me, please. Please stop playing with me. But when they tell him that they are very serious and he realizes that they're not just saying things, he looks like his knees are about to give out and he starts sobbing. No, please stop playing with me. And his voice gets very high pitched.

27:11Please stop playing with me. please stop playing with me okay breathe breathe Daniel I know just breathe they keep having to tell him just relax breathe and he keeps begging them please stop playing with me I can't breathe I can't breathe holy shit he starts walking back into his apartment and he sounds hysterical the authorities have to remind him to be mindful of his babies they're still in there they don't need to be traumatized I'm never gonna find her ever fucking again bro fuck holy shit please please please please this was really it that's what I said to you after this I'm done fuck fuck shit this is so hard please please please oh fuck I just felt a hole in my heart as soon as she left that shit was crazy I can't breathe I really can't I just can't what do I do what do I do what do I fucking do and it's it's actually very difficult to listen to the authorities are trying to calm him down I know this is hard but at the end of the day you still have your child in here okay Okay, and even as the authorities are on their way to leave, Daniel stops them and he cries to them.

28:16I don't know what to do. I don't know what to do. What do you mean you don't know what to do? I don't know what to do right now. I don't know what to do right now. I don't know what to do. I don't know what to do. Look, Daniel, we got to, I hate to leave you right now because you don't have anybody else, but we got to, I don't know what to fucking do right now. Damn, what the fuck? the detectives then ask about his work schedule which I think brings him to another pretty harsh reality of not only is the girl that he was falling in love with been murdered but the kid's mom his the mother of his child is gone because she's the killer the police ask him do you work tomorrow or you said you work only at nights primarily I work at night I'm not even how am I how am I gonna fucking do this listen you just gotta take a breath and give yourself some time do you have any other siblings you can call no I don't have anybody someone you can call and talk on the phone with no the authorities leave him alone with his children now in the same town there is another man who has a strong reaction to the news of Ashley's death as well her fiance is in the hospital with detectives.

29:35Today is Ashley's fiance's birthday. Ashley is dead on his birthday. He tells detectives, I don't get it. There's no reason. So the detectives don't know how much this man knows. They don't know if he knows that Ashley was having an affair, but pretty quickly on, you can tell that he was in the dark. He doesn't know that she was seeing a man named Daniel. I just don't get it. There's no reason why anybody would want to do this to her. And it was just random. I don't know why. She was going out to get me a birthday cake. That's what she said. Today was my fucking birthday. She was going out to get me a birthday cake and it just happened, you know?

30:13And we have a seven-year-old son and I have to go to my son and break the news. And that he explains to the authorities how eight months prior, they moved back to Georgia from the Bronx in New York because his mom had passed away. She was very sick. They wanted to be with his mother who lived in Georgia. And now eight months later, this happens. Just no reason, no reason. It doesn't make sense. He tells detectives that all of them are originally from New York. His mom moved down to Georgia first and they came because they thought, quote, New York. I mean, you see all the random shootings, beatings, stabbings.

30:51We thought we don't need this shit. And everything we did was just for our son. But now we come back to Georgia and deal with the same shit that we tried to leave. You know what I mean? I never felt safe having my child and her alone in the city in New York because of shit like this. And now we come over here and I make sure we find a gated community. So we're a little more safer. They actually all live in the same community. They live in the same apartment complex gated. It's like a massive apartment complex. Ashley and her fiance live on the other side. Daniel Antonetta and Janine who's visiting live on the other side and like this shit happens so it's like we're not safe anywhere I tried my best to give my family the best I can the best chance possible and it didn't it didn't fucking work this just blows my mind we live in a gated community that's supposed to prevent shit like this from happening unwanted people in the community and then this happens I can't even tell you why this would happen I have no clue I go to work every day all I do is work and come home.

31:51That's all I do. So, you know, if I had any slight idea of what could have caused this, but I don't even know. I don't even know. We literally both work and go home every day. That's it. She works overnight at floor and decor. She restocks and organizes shit and all that kind of stuff. And I told her not to work, but she was one of those. I want to have my own. I want to be independent. I don't want you doing everything for us. And I told her, but you don't have to work. I don't care that you don't help me. I'm the man of the house. We have a child together. I want to provide for you guys but she was real persistent she was like no i want to help i didn't like her working though especially overnight but i was just trying to comfort her and let her know that everything's gonna be okay you're gonna be fine i was walking her through that everything the doctor had told me i told her okay so you got a little bleeding they said they're gonna check it out let's see if they can fix it here i'm trying to reassure her everything is good everything is good wait what does he know so far he believes that she was randomly attacked and is she still currently alive she's dead now does he know that he knows she's passed but he has no idea that she was not randomly attacked he thinks this was a random attack in the gata neighborhood and the police i mean it does seem like they feel a little bit more awkward about the situation because i think they know but i don't think that they have confirmation of the affair so these are different detectives from the one that are talking to antinetta janine and daniel so they they're not confirmed that there was a relationship involved so they can't tell him that yet right so just to be clear just from your understanding this looks like a random beating for no reason from what she told me yes she said she doesn't know who these girls are.

33:39She said she walked out of the building, saw these two girls roaming around and they look suspicious. They look like they were up to no good. And they see her. They see Ashley. They approach her and start swinging right up, you know, get up on her without saying anything. So I don't know. I feel like I'm to blame because she was leaving to get my birthday cake. I'm just glad my son wasn't with her. The police try to ask a bit more about their personal lives and her fiance responds. I mean, the past few days I've been accusing her of cheating on me because of, you know, like she accused me of cheating on her and I accused her of cheating on me.

34:17But for some reason, I don't know, previously in our 10 years together, previously I did fuck up and cheat in New York or yeah, in New York. So nothing here. You haven't done anything here. No, nothing here. Ever since that day, you know, she's always gotcha, but we were always, we always got over it. We knew it was petty. We like to get in under each other's skin. We've been together for so long. Like for my girl, Ashley, if like some girl smiles at me, right? She's like, Oh, what was that about? She gets extremely jealous, but we spent the last few days rekindling. And I was apologizing for all this bullshit because at the end of the day, family is everything.

34:55He says, I can't even comprehend it. I don't get it. I still don't get it. I have no clue why this happened. And that's just what's killing me. When she told me one of the girls bit her on the face, I'm like, that sounds pretty personal. Somebody just doesn't bite somebody for nothing. You know, I just want her back. She's been with me for 10 years. We've been together for 10 years. We've known each other since fucking the eighth grade. I had a crush on her since the eighth grade. Today is my birthday. Eight days from today is our 10 year anniversary. We had plans. I already reserved a restaurant for our anniversary.

35:29We had plans for Christmas. We had so many plans. I mean, she's not that kind of woman that would back down from anybody. And that's just one thing that I really hated about her because I kind of need peace. You know, I want her safe, but that's just her mentality. We're from the Bronx. It's pretty depressing when the police leave him in the small little hospital room. So during the whole questioning with the police, he stays a little emotionless. there are times where he breaks down and the police will pull him back and redirect the question i don't think they want him to get too emotional because they need answers so they keep redirecting the questions and he keeps having these moments where he needs to collect himself but overall he's able to hold it together very well until they leave that hospital room and on the body cam you can hear him instantly break down into just hysterical sobs they don't tell him though they don't tell him that she knew those girls they don't tell him that there might be someone else in the picture or at least not in this moment Antonetta and Janine are told right before being brought into the police station and like I said from earlier this episode their reaction is very mild Antonetta's first thought was how she's been having a hard time and Janine in the police station.

36:51She thinks this is all hilarious. Meanwhile, the detectives are from both sides from the hospital. And now the detectives that are in the police station talking to Antonetta and Janine, they're trying to get the full picture of what's been going on. Earlier that day, Ashley and her fiance had walked into an emergency room. The nurses at the emergency room are talking to each other about how to handle this new patient because Ashley's injuries and what she's saying happened, none of them really makes sense. The nurses see these large blotches all over her face, head, upper torso. I mean, these are some pretty bad bruises.

37:27Her entire face is swollen, puffy. She has bite marks on her body, her face, her legs, her back. She clearly has a black eye. She looks what appears to be bite marks on her cheek, scrape marks all over her shoulders like she was dragged, like somebody dragged her shoulders onto the concrete outside. Her elbows are completely scraped up. Her knees are bleeding. Other notes on her medical chart include possible collapsed lung, patient in need of a CT scan, evidence of a lacerated liver. There's not much explanation on how she got these injuries that don't include severe abuse, at least none that the nurses can think of.

38:06They asked the man that she's come into the emergency room with, her fiance, and he explains to her that he was at work when she called him stating that she just got jumped. She got jumped and it all happened so fast. She didn't even have a chance to do anything. It was just, they ganged up on her and she doesn't know why. He was rightfully so concerned for her that he leaves work, comes home. She's on the bed, just gasping for air saying she can't breathe. She can't breathe. She can't breathe. He keeps asking her what happened. Like, what do you mean? You just got jumped. What happened? She's trying to explain to him what happened, but she can't even finish her sentence without stopping.